Two Mississippi residents were arrested Thursday on charges related to obstruction of justice.

Ruston Police Department responded to a theft complaint around Duque and Line Ave., where Wayland Dean Hill, 24, of Vicksburg, Miss., reportedly stated a black male had struck him in the face and stolen his cell phone.

Hill and his passenger Tess Aurea Barber, 21, also of Vicksburg, Miss., had allegedly picked up the black male at a local store.

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